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Posters For Sale
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Rome Italy Fly Qantas Harry Rogers
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Italy travel advertising poster - Rome Fly there by Qantas Australia's round-the-world airline - featuring a great image of a bus...
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1960s Australian Vintage Posters
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Paper
'Ready For Love' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1934
Located in Devon, GB
The dazzling Art Deco design, standout typography and vividly contrasting candy pink and emerald green tones combine to irresistible effect on this rare US One Sheet poster for the 1...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster advertising La Voix Du Maquis / The Voice of Maquis bi-monthly magazine issued by the National Federation of Maquis featuring a bold Art Deco style illustration of a soldier wearing a beret hat with a logo on it and his mouth open in speech set against the blue, white and red colours of the French flag with the text below the image - Dit Tout Pense Jeune / Says it all Think young On sale at all depositories on the second and fourth Saturday of each month Prices 3 francs. Formed in c.1943, the Maquis French Resistance...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
1970 United Airlines - Hawaii Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
With brilliant artwork depicting a woman in the natural fauna in front of a waterfall and rainbow, this stunning and rare poster from 1970 promotes United Airlines routes to Hawaii. ...
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1970s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$629 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Guinness Chestnut Tree Irish Dry Stout Beer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Guinness poster - Under the spreading chestnut tree A glass of Guinness stood. The smith, a mightier man is he His Guinness d...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Graf Zeppelin Schreibers Models Junkers Flugzeug G38
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising Schreibers Technische Modellierbogen / Technical Air Modelling kits featuring images of a Graf Zeppelin marked DLZ 127 and Junkers Flugzeug G38 aircraft on a blue background with the measurements and details on the side along with two other models listed, the Dornier-Flugschiff / airship and the Turbinen-Schnelldampfer Bremen Europe steamship with a note that many other models are available - und viele andere - all are described as being Leicht zusammenzubauen, genau garbeitet. Viele Tausende verkauft. Hier zu haben / Easy to put together, made precisely. Many thousands sold. Available to purchase here. Founded in 1831 by Jakob Ferdinand...
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1930s German Vintage Posters
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Paper
Jean Carlu, Original Art Deco Vintage Poster, Jif Fountain Pen, 1923
By Jean Carlu
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Art Deco Vintage Poster-Jean Carlu-Jif-Foot Pen Magnet, 1923
The pencils, pen holders and fountain pens of the JiF brand attract amateurs like a magnet.
Additional Det...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
1981 An American Werewolf in London Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
The John Landis directed "An American Werewolf in London" was released in 1981 to great critical and commercial success. Starring David Naughton as the unlucky backpacker who becomes...
Category
1980s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
1970s Muurame Furniture Promotional Poster
By Marimekko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking promotional piece from a line of posters sent to distributors, press, and agents by Finnish furniture maker Muurame, a Scandinavian Modern design cousin of Marimekko, Artek and other iconic brands from Finland. Depicting a collection of pieces from the Muurame line designed by interior architect Pirkko Stenros...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
$225 / item
101 DALMATIANS Original 1966 Polish Film Movie Poster, Disney LILIANA BACZEWSKA
By Liliana Baczewska
Located in Bath, Somerset
Utterly charming alternative artwork by Polish School of Posters artist Liliana Baczewska features on the Polish poster of the Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians (101 Dalmatynczykow). We...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster California Rose Wine Land Of America
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising travel poster - Rose Wine California Land of America - featuring colourful artwork by Amado Gonzalez (1913-2007) depi...
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1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vittorio Fiorucci Poster- VIVA VITTORIO- 2004
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vittorio Fiorucci Poster- VIVA VITTORIO- 2004
L-24
H- 34 1/8
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Deauville National French Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by the Chemins de Fer de l'Etat / National French Railways to promote tourism to the holiday seasid...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Railway Poster Scarborough In Grandmother's Day Yorkshire Coast
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising the popular holiday resort town of Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast by the London & North Eastern railway of England and Scotland LNER - It's Quicker By Rail - featuring a scenic view by the Scottish scenographer, painter and mural artist...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'Motorpsycho' Original Vintage Movie Poster, American, 1965
Located in Devon, GB
"Cyclemaniacs assaulting and killing for thrills! Bike riding hoodlums flat-out on their murder cycles."
A motorcycle blasts through the newspaper headlines on this explosive US O...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Poster For Lake Bled Slovenija Jugoslavija Slovenia Yugoslavia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Bled Slovenija Jugoslavija / Slovenia Yugoslavia featuring a great design depicting an origami boat made out of news paper with various items in it representing the outdoor activities and sport for tourists including a tennis racquet, climbing rope and equipment, a fishing rod, sunglasses and sun cream with a beach ball on the clear reflective water of Lake Bled...
Category
1950s Slovenian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Edward Penfield Harper's April 1896 Stone Lithograph Poster
By Edward Penfield
Located in Sharon, CT
Edward Penfield (1866-1925) Stone Lithograph Art Nouveau Poster of The Harper's April 1896 Edition. Depicting, in characteristic beautiful color and line, a stylish couple in coats and hats. Size of image: 17 1/2" x 12 7/8". Size of paper: 17 1/2" x 12 7/8". Signed in the stone image. Condition: damages to surface due to having been folded, as tiny tear...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Moseley Silent Running Non Skid Tyres UK Flag Factory
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Moseley Silent Running Non Skid Tyres featuring a great design depicting a man holding a sturdy rubber tyre in front of a Silhouette of a factory and a red white and blue Union Jack flag against a pale blue background with the bold stylised text above and below in outlined lettering. Moseley tyres were made by the India rubber...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
"I Can Get It for You Wholesale, " Original US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1951 drama staring Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, George Sanders.
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Original Vintage Film Poster Moscow Olympic Games 1980 Sport You Are Peace Dove
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet film poster for an award winning documentary directed by Yury Ozerov of the opening and closing ceremonies and some of the sporting events at the Summer 1980 ...
Category
1980s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Rerelease Movie Poster Audrey Hepburn In Breakfast At Tiffany's
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the 1980s German re-release of the 1961 classic film Breakfast at Tiffany's directed by Blake Edwards and starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney. Great poster featuring Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly...
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1980s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Gino Hollander Original Poster from the Hollander Slate Museum Málaga
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Original Gino Hollander poster from the Hollander Museum in Pizarra, Málaga. Made on Gvarro paper.
Dimensions: 53.5 x 41 cm - Interior: 44 cm x 31 cm
Category
1980s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$377 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Spanish Civil War Poster El Monstruo Ruso The Russian Monster
Located in London, GB
Original vintage anti-communist propaganda poster published during the Spanish Civil War - El Monstruo Ruso / The Russian Monster - featuri...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Shanghai Deco Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This framed advertising poster for Nanyang Brothers Tobacco dates to the 1920-30s and melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the nuanced color and fine resolution of color lithography. Known as yuefenpai, or calendar posters, these advertisements depicted fashionable women and intriguing scenery alongside annual calendars and product placements. Evolved from traditional nianhua paintings (New Year pictures), these advertising posters were strongly influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west and recall the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade.
In this example, a young woman dressed in fine clothing and jewelry strolls through a traditional courtyard garden, surrounded by stone statues and towering pagodas. In the lower left corner is an open pack of Golden Dragon Cigarettes and below an array of cigarette brands, each a product of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco. The scene is surrounded by trailing vine scrollwork and text suggesting the poster may have been given as a corporate gift...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Train Travel Poster Canadian National Railways Steam Locomotive
Located in London, GB
Original antique train travel advertising poster - Canadian National Railways A great railway in a great land - featuring a Canadian National 6122 steam loc...
Category
1920s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Intourist Travel Poster Visit The USSR In Winter Space Rocket
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet travel poster issued by The USSR Company for Foreign Travel Intourist - Visit the USSR in Winter - featuring a fun and col...
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Located in London, GB
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Original US One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
This is the "Moonbase" 70 MM style B one sheet for the ground-breaking Stanley Kubrick science fiction classic. T...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1969R)
Located in London, GB
Breakfast At Tiffany's (1969R)
Japanese B2 20"x28"
Wonderful images on this rare style-B 1969 re-release from Japan.
Year: 1969R
Nationality: Japanese
Condition: Folded-as-Issued
T...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1983 Keith Haring Montreux Jazz Festival Set of Three Original Vintage Poster
By Keith Haring
Located in Winchester, GB
In 1983, Keith Haring was asked to create a poster for the iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, in turn, he submitted 3 designs which were instantly accepted. Haring visited Montreux for t...
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$3,774 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1974 Bobino - Josephine Baker Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful rare poster was created to promote the great Josephine Baker's final ever show "Bobino" in Monte Carlo in 1974. The dancer, singer and actor Baker had a long and succe...
Category
1970s Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Poster Demon Modern Petroleum Cooking Apparatus Advertising Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Demon The Modern Petroleum Cooking Apparatus Cooks quickly, cleanly and economically / Demon Der Moderne Petroleum Kochapparat Kochtschnell, Reinlich und Wirtschaftlich featuring a stunning Art Deco style design depicting two devil demons reaching up on a swirling flame blue shaded curve holding up a Demon logo and cooking stove...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Lausanne Ouchy Switzerland Art Deco Vera Hirzel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Lausanne-Ouchy Suisse Schweiz Switzerland featuring a stunning Art Deco illustration depicting a scenic view over the historical Gothic spires of the Cathedral of Lausanne and the renovated Chateau d'Ouchy medieval castle between trees with Lake Geneva / Lac Leman...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
1969 Disneyland - Skyway - Tomorrowland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning & exceptionally rare attraction poster from 1969 promoting the Skyway attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. Opening in 1955 in Anaheim, California, Disneyland was opened...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
After Andy Warhol, Original Chanel N° 5 Poster, Couture Perfume, Pop Art, 1997
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Pop Art Poster by Andy Warhol for Chanel No. 5 Perfum from 1997
Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Chanel N°5 – Green - Blue
Date: 1997
Size: 46.1 x 66.9 in / 117 x 170 cm
Material...
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20th Century French Modern Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Munition Workers Allied Countries British Factories
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Munition Workers of Allied Countries... Are hitting back at Hitler... Through British factories! Colourful design featuring the bold text flowing through four images with flags of the allies against a black background, the top two images depicting air and ground battle scenes showing a Royal Air Force RAF plane flying against a blue sky and dropping bombs on a convoy of Axis Power military trucks and the other a tank battle...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - Jonathan Borofsky Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
American artist and sculptor Jonathan Borofsky was one of 15 artists commissioned to produce posters for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
$581 Sale Price
20% Off
1984 David Hockney - Tate Gallery Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Produced by the Tate Gallery for their 1984 exhibition of the artist, this piece features David Hockney's beautiful 1984 work "Views of Hotel Well III". This marked one of several ke...
Category
1980s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster World Peace Movement Nuclear Death Dove Skull
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster - Gegen Atomtod! Fur Frieden! 10 Jahre Weltfriedensbewegung / Against nuclear death! For peace! 10 years of the world peace movement - featuring an...
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1950s German Vintage Posters
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Paper
'Tron' Original Vintage Movie Poster, French, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
A vibrant French Petite poster for Walt Disney's pioneering 1982 sci-fi adventure 'Tron.' Written and directed by Steven Lisberger, the futuristic film starred Jeff Bridges as a comp...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Sport Poster Volleyball USSR Soviet Union Khazamov Russia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport poster for Волейбол Volleyball featuring players jumping by the net and reaching for the ball on a red background. Design by I.M. Khazamov. Very good co...
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1970s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Auto Racing Poster Gran Premio GP Motorcycle Grand Prix Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motor sport poster for the II Gran Premio de Motocicletas y Sidecars y IV Gran Premio de Autociclos del Reial Moto Club de Catalunya (RMCC...
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1920s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Une Nuit Bernard Villemot SNCF Railway Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by French Railways SNCF to promote the sleeping carriages available on its overnight services - Une nuit en voiture lits - featuring a great design by the French graphic artist Bernard Villemot (1911-1989) depicting a young lady sleeping on a train bed...
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17th Century French Antique Posters
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Paper
Lolita (1962)
Located in London, GB
Lolita (1962)
Original US One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
Stanley Kubrick directs this brilliant adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel. James Mason, as disturbed Professor Humbe...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
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Paper
$2,891
Original Vintage Travel Poster Ireland Come Back To Erin Anchor Line Cruise Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Ireland - Come Back to Erin - by Anchor Line New York and Londonderry - Design features a lake scene with rolling hills in the background framed by...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Abstract Series Modern Art Print by Leticia Gagetti #02 - Size A4
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Abstract art print by Leticia Gagetti, printed on 260g high-quality paper with a matte finish that ensures vivid and saturated colors.
Crafted through giclée printing on museum-qual...
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2010s Argentine Modern Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster New England American Airlines Midcentury Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising New England by American Airlines featuring a plane flying under the title text over a view of buildings and a traditional white wooden chur...
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1950s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Estudios Geométricos Modern Art Print by Leticia Gagetti #01 - Size A4
By OWO Ceramics
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Giclée art print by Leticia Gagetti, printed on 260g high-quality paper with a matte finish that ensures vivid and saturated colors.
Crafted through giclée printing on museum-qualit...
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2010s Argentine Modern Posters
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Paper
Herve Morvan, Original Vintage Poster, Bendix, Fun Kitchen, 1960
By Hervé Morvan
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Herve Morvan-Bendix-Alufroid-Frigo, 1960
Hervé Morvan trained at the Duperré School of Applied Arts in Paris where he learned to master mural art...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
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Paper
Leonetto Cappiello, Original Vintage Poster for Vodka Relsky from 1911, Cossack
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for Vodka Relsy by Leonetto Cappiello dating from 1911.
Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942), the artist, was born in Livorno, Italy, and spent most of his adult life in Paris where he became one of the most prolific poster artists of all time (he created more than 500 different poster designs for many of the most famous brands of the period).
This poster depicts an eccentric red haired and bearded Russian Cossack wearing a Chapka who symbolizes a Russian bon vivant who loves Caviar and Vodka...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage French Advertising Poster, Verigoud by Savignac, 1955
By Hervé Morvan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage French advertising poster, VERIGOUD by Savignac, 1955
This is an original poster, linen backed for pres...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
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Linen, Paper
$2,560 Sale Price / item
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Map Mural Rollable Poster Vintage Wall Chart Australia New Zealand Polynesia
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Map Mural Rollable Poster Vintage Wall Chart Australia New Zealand Polynesia
A beautiful vintage school map illustrating the popular region of Aust...
Category
1970s German Country Vintage Posters
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Canvas, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Poster, Cordial Campari Nizzoli 1927 Lithograph Beverage
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster, Cordial Campari Nizzoli, 1927
Condition backing / material: Linen (backed on acid-free paper and cotton canvas)
Printer...
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19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Posters
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Paper
Victor Moscoso, Signed Vintage Exhibition Poster ‘Trippy World’
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed vintage Victor Moscoso exhibition poster
Published in conjunction with 'Trippy World' - a 1999 exhibition held at Baron/Boisante gallery, New York.
Off-set lithograph
Measures: 16 x 20 inches
Hand signed in pencil (lower right).
Very good to excellent overall condition
Signed First printing; 1999; acquired directly from Baron/Boisante.
Victor Moscoso was among the most gifted and influential artists to emerge from the '60s counterculture, pioneering not only the psychedelic concert poster designs made famous during San Francisco's Summer of Love, but also making his mark in underground comix. Born in Spain and raised in Brooklyn, Moscoso attended Cooper Union Art School before studying at the Yale School of Art; he arrived on the west coast in 1959 to enroll at the San Francisco Art Institute, and after graduation remained at the school for another five years to teach lithography. Alongside Rick Griffin, Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse, and Alton Kelley...
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1960s Bohemian Vintage Posters
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Paper
COUP DE GRACE 1974 London UK Quad Film Movie Poster, Strausfeld
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original Academy Cinema film poster a featuring fantastic design by Peter Strausfeld.
Strausfeld, born in Cologne, came to England in 1938. Whilst interned on the Isle of Man dur...
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20th Century British Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Comedy Movie Poster Sunday In New York Jane Fonda Roger Soubie
By Roger Soubie
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an American romantic comedy film Sunday in New York / Un Dimanche a New-York directed by Peter Tewksbury and starring Jane Fonda as Eileen Tyler, Cl...
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1960s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Bermuda Horseshoe Moongate Arch Beach Romance
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Bermuda featuring a romantic illustration of a smartly dressed man and lady wearing Bermuda shorts as they hold hands and look at each other under ...
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1960s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
"Till We Meet Again. Buy War Bonds" WWII Poster by Joseph Hirsch, Circa 1942
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII poster from 1942, promoting the purchase of War Bonds. The poster depicts a smiling soldier in khaki uniform and cap, as he waves from a ship’s porthole...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster For The Double McGuffin Con Artists Murder Mystery Movie
By Saul Bass
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cinema poster for a family mystery film The Double McGuffin directed by Joe Camp and starring Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy and Elke Sommer...
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1970s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Washington American Airlines McKnight Kauffer USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Washington American Airlines - featuring fantastic artwork by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Postmodern 1980s Art Deco Revival Great Escapes on Beckett Cambric Framed Print
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Postmodern /1980s Art Deco Revival Inspired Great Escapes on Beckett Cambric Paper Framed Print.
Features the image of a sealing boat superposed over a Caribbean Sea Cartog...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Posters
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Wood, Paper
Antique and Vintage Posters
Add a welcome personal touch to your space and tie your distinctive interior scheme together by introducing antique and vintage posters to any and every room of your home.
In the late 19th century, following the advent of text-heavy posters printed from woodblocks for use in taverns and shop windows, hand-drawn poster art had become commonplace in regions such as France, England and the United States. Well-known illustrators were commissioned to produce decorative posters to advertise political campaigns, theatrical events, books, household goods and other items. Early poster artists used a printmaking technique called lithography, which sees drawings or paintings created on a stone (or metal) surface with an oil-based substance, such as a greasy crayon or tusche (an oily wash). The image is eventually affixed to the surface by means of a chemical reaction, and ink adheres to certain sections of the surface while non–image areas are made to repel the ink.
If you wanted a color lithograph in the early days, the number of stones prepared had to match the number of colors you commissioned for the poster. French painter Jules Chéret, widely known as the father of the modern poster, designed some of history's most popular lithographic posters that featured color. Today, Chéret’s art is highly collectible, along with original works by Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, whose posters advertising theatrical productions helped define Art Nouveau.
Over time, poster artists transitioned to more advanced techniques. Using silkscreens, woodblocks and photolithography, painters and illustrators printed larger quantities at a faster rate.
If you’ve finally tracked down that vintage movie poster, mid-century modern promotional travel poster or other work and you’re looking to find out if it is valuable, distinguishing between an original poster and a reproduction can be complicated. A professional appraiser can work with you on factors such as rarity, assessing the physical condition of your poster and authenticating your piece. For now, take care of your new acquisition because conserving posters is essential in helping them retain their value. A practical conservation method is to have the work mounted on archival, acid-free paper and thin artist’s canvas, then enclosing it in a sturdy frame. (And here is a primer on how to hang wall art, be it arranged gallery-style or otherwise.)
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